This is a list of compositions by Swan Hennessy (1866–1929).
Hennessy was an American composer of Irish family background who studied in Germany, lived in England and Italy, but spent most of his career (from about 1903) in France.
He was a most accomplished composer of chamber music in many diverse instrumentations and of piano music. The following is a list of compositions in a table sorted by opus number. This is followed by a list sorted by genre.
The following table shows a chronological list, based on Klein (2019).[1] Dates given are for publication, not composition.
| Genre | Opus | Date | Title | Scoring | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | 1 | 1885 | Ländliche Skizzen | piano | Published Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, plate no. 17120 (without opus number). Dedication: "Seinem Freund und Lehrer Herrn Professor Percy Goetschius gewidmet". |
| Piano | 2 | 1886 | Ein Spinnerliedchen | piano | Published Stuttgart: G. A. Zumsteeg, plate no. G.A.Z. 564. |
| Vocal | 3 | 1886 | Vier Lieder | voice and piano | Words by Heinrich Heine. Published Stuttgart: G. A. Zumsteeg, plate no. G.A.Z. 562. Dedication: "Fräulein Lucy Roper gewidmet". |
| Piano | 4 | 1890 | Two Studies: Staccato and Legato | piano | Published London: Augener & Co., revised edition, 1902. No. 2 also published New York: G. Schirmer (1890), plate no. 7241; also in The Monthly Musical Record vol. 22 no. 253 (January 1892), pp. 11–14. |
| Vocal | 5 | 1887 | The Blackbird Has a Golden Bill | mezzo-soprano and piano | Words by the composer; designated as "Op. 5 No. 1", but no other numbers are extant. Published Stuttgart: G. A. Zumsteeg, plate no. G.A.Z. 587. Dedication: "To Miss I. C. Ross". |
| Piano | 6 | 1886, 1887 | Carneval-Studien | piano | Vol. 1 published Stuttgart: G. A. Zumsteeg, plate no. G.A.Z. 591 (1886); vol. 2 ibid., plate no. G.A.Z. 617 (1887). Dedication: "Seinem Freunde Herrn Ernest Longley gewidmet". |
| Piano | 7 | 1887 | Im Gebirg (In the Mountains), 4 Klavierstücke | piano | Published London: Augener & Co., plate no. 7671. Dedication: "An Herrn Theodor Kirchner". |
| Piano | 8 | 1887 | Albumblätter (Album Leaves) | piano | Published London: Augener & Co., plate no. 7672. Dedication: "To Frau Clara Schumann". |
| Piano | 9 | 1888 | Étude-Fantaisie | piano | Published London: Augener & Co., plate no. 7902. |
| Chamber | 10 | 1888 | Lieder an den Mond, Romantische Stücke | violin, cello and piano | Published London: Augener & Co., plate no. 7942. |
| Piano | 11 | 1889 | Miniatures, Cinq petites pièces | piano | Published Paris: Durand & Schoenewerk, plate no. D.S. 4043. Dedications: 1. "à Lucie"; 2. "à Lambert Zegers Veeckens"; 3. "à Miss Katie Lewis"; 4. à Gretchen Goetschius"; 5. "à William T. Scott Barber". |
| Piano | 12 | 1902 | Variations sur un thème original dans le style irlandais (Variations on an Original Theme in the Irish Style) | piano | Published London: Augener & Co., plate no. 1287; revised edition, ibid. (1903), plate no. 1287α. Dedication: "To Miss Carrie Townshend". |
| Chamber | 13 | 1901 | Berceuse | violin and piano | Published Paris: Enoch & Cie., plate no. E. & C. 4658. Dedication: "à Madame Béatrice Langley". |
| Chamber | 14 | 1904 | Sonate en fa (style irlandais) | violin and piano | Published London: Schott & Co., plate no. 27497; second edition: Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n. d. [1905], same plate no. Dedication: "à son ami A. Simonetti". |
| Piano | 15 | 1906 | Deux Études pour la main gauche seul | piano | Published Paris: J. Hamelle, plate no. J. 5405 H. |
| Piano | 16 | 1906 | Praeludium & Fuga | piano | Published Paris: J. Hamelle, plate no. J. 5340 H. |
| Piano | 17 | 1906 | Mazurka et Polonaise | piano | Published London: Augener & Co., plate no. 1360α. Dedication: "à Mlle. Claire Przybyszewska". |
| Piano | 18 | 1907 | Petit album | piano | Published London: Schott & Co., plate no. 27919. |
| Piano | 19 | 1905 | Aus dem Kinderleben, 6 kleine Tonbilder (Scenes from Child Life) | piano | Published Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, plate no. 24931. |
| Chamber | 20 | (c. 1905) | Tarantelle | violin and piano | Unpublished. |
| Piano | 21 | 1907 | Au bord de la forêt | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1267 D. Dedication: "à Mademoiselle Claire Przybyszewska". |
| Piano | 22 | 1907 | Au village, Petite suite charactéristique | piano | Published (without opus number) Paris: E. Demets, plate nos E. 1293 D. to E. 1297 D. Dedication: "à Max Reger". |
| Vocal | 23 | 1906 | Lydia | high voice and string quartet (w/ version for piano) | Words by Leconte de Lisle. String quartet original unpublished. Piano version published Paris: J. Hamelle, plate no. J. 5489 H.; second edition as no. 1 of Quatre Mélodies (1908), same plate no., see below; third edition Paris: E. Demets (1913), plate no. E. 1244 D. Dedication: "à mon ami Hugo Rasch". |
| Piano | 24 | 1908 | Eaux fortes | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1387 D. |
| Piano | 25 | 1907 | Étude | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1271 D. Dedication: "A Monsieur E. Demets". |
| Vocal | 26 | 1907 | Épiphanie | high voice and piano or organ | Words by José-Maria de Heredia. Published Paris: J. Hamelle, plate no. J. 5501 H.; second edition as no. 2 of Quatre Mélodies (1908), same plate no., see below; third edition Paris: E. Demets (1913), plate no. E. 1245 D. Dedication: "à Mademoiselle Marie Stark". |
| Vocal | 1907 | Annie, Chanson écossaise | high voice and piano | Words by Leconte de Lisle. Published Paris: J. Hamelle, plate no. J. 5505 H.; second edition Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1286 D. (1907); also as music supplement to La Revue musicale no. 52 (1911); later listed as no. 1 of Trois Chansons écossaises, Op. 31 (no collective print). Dedication: "à son ami Hugo Rasch" (Demets edition only). | |
| Piano | 27 | 1908 | Nouvelles feuilles d'album | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1346 D. Dedication: "À mon ami Auguste Delacroix". |
| Piano | 28 | 1908 | Variations sur un air irlandais ancien | piano | Published Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, plate no. 28388. |
| Piano | 29 | 1909 | Petite suite irlandaise d'après des airs anciens de la collection Petrie (Bláithfhleasg bheag d'fhonnaibh Arsa Gaedhealacha as leabhar Petrie) | piano 4-hands | Published (without opus number) Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1409 D.; material taken from the Petrie Collection of Irish Music, compiled by George Petrie and edited by Charles V. Stanford |
| Vocal | 30 | 1907 | Deux Mélodies | voice and piano | 1. Words by Joséphin Soulary 2. words by Charles Baudelaire Published (without opus number) Paris: E. Demets, plate nos E. 1246 D. and E. 1247 D.; second editions as nos 3 and 4 of Quatre Mélodies (1908), see below. Dedications: 1. "à mon Ami Gino Sartoni", 2. [no dedication]. |
| Vocal | 23, 26, 30 | 1908 | Quatre Mélodies | voice and piano | 1. words by Leconte de Lisle 2. words by José-Maria de Heredia 3. words by Joséphin Soulary 4. words by Charles Baudelaire Published Paris: J. Hamelle, plate nos J. 5489 H.; J. 5501 H.; J. 5506 H.; J. 5656 H. |
| Vocal | 31 | 1907 | Trois Chansons écossaises | high voice and piano | Words by Leconte de Lisle. No collective print; no. 1 (Annie), see above; no. 2 published Paris: E. Demets (1920), plate no. E. 2006 D.; no. 3 published Paris: E. Demets (1922), plate no. E. 2037 D. Dedications: 1. "à son ami Hugo Rasch"; 2. "à Madame Delorme Jules Simon"; 3. "à Charles Hubbard". |
| Piano | 32 | 1909 | Valses | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1448 D. Dedication: "à Mlle. Claire Przybyszewska". |
| Piano | 33 | 1911 | Croquis de femmes | piano | Published Paris: F. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet, successeur, plate no. C. 6254 H. Dedication: "à Monsieur Jules Combarieu, Hommage sympathique et reconnaissant". |
| Piano | 34 | 1911 | Petite suite sur les notes Mi Do Mi Fa Si Mi | piano | Published Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, plate no. 29378. Dedication: "à mon cher ami E. Demets". |
| Piano | 35 | 1910 | Kinder-Album, 24 kleine Präludien in verschiedenen Ton- und Taktarten | piano | Published Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, plate no. 28824. Dedication: "Meinem lieben Vater gewidmet". |
| Piano | 36 | 1911 | Fêtes, 2 Morceaux descriptifs | piano | Published Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, plate no. 29379. Dedication: "à Madame Betty Heffner, Hommage sympathique". |
| Piano | 37 | 1913 | Les Noces du soldat de bois, Ballet en un acte | piano | Unpublished. |
| Piano | 38 | 1910 | Introduction, XII variations et fugue | piano | collaborative publication with works on the same theme by Hugo Rasch, Georges Loth, Auguste Delacroix, and Herbert Fryer, Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1487 D. Dedication: "à mon ami Hugo Rasch". |
| Piano | 39 | 1912 | Incunabula | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1614 D. Dedication: "à Tupac". |
| Piano | 40 | 1912 | En passant ... Études d'après nature | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1615 D. |
| Piano | 41 | 1912 | Valses caprices | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1664 D. |
| Piano | 42 | 1912 | Gitaneries | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1678 D. Dedication: "à la mémoire de Bizet". |
| Vocal | 42bis | 1921 | Trois Chansons espagnoles 1. Fluthenreicher Ebro (Sur les rives fleuries) 2. Auf den Wällen Salamankas (Sur les murs de Salamanque) 3. Neben mir wohnt Don Henriquez (Mon voisin est Don Henriquez) | voice and string quartet (w/ version for piano) | French words by the composer after Emanuel von Geibel and Heinrich Heine 2.~3. words by Heinrich Heine. Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 2083 D. Dedication: "à Mademoiselle Radiana Pazmor" |
| Piano | 43 | 1912 | Sonatine | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1674 D. Dedication: "à mon ami Heinrich Möller". |
| Piano | 44 | 1912 | Sentes et chemins, Nouvelles études d'après nature | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1726 D. Dedication: "À mon Père". |
| Piano | 45 | 1912 | Pièces celtiques | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1727 D. |
| Chamber | 46 | 1913 | Suite [String Quartet No. 1] | 2 violins, viola and cello | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1784 D. Dedication: "à Monsieur le Professeur Carl Heffner". |
| Piano | 46bis | 1912 | Adagio et allegretto du quatuor à cordes | piano | Transcription by the composer from the Suite, Op. 46 Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1732 D. |
| Piano | 47 | 1913 | Croquis parisiens | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1747 D. Dedication: "à Louis Vuillemin". |
| Piano | 48 | 1913 | Impressions humoristiques | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1794 D. |
| Chamber | 49 | 1920 | Deuxième quatuor [String Quartet No. 2] | 2 violins, viola and cello | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1994 D. Dedication: "à la Mémoire de Terence McSwiney, Lord Mayor de Cork". |
| Chamber | 50 | 1915 | Rhapsodie celtique | violin and piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 1825 D. |
| Piano | 51 | 1924 | Eight Celtic Pieces / Huit Pièces celtiques | piano | Published (with English title) London: Evans & Co., plate no. S. & Co. 31; second edition (with French title) as part of the Album celtique Paris: Max Eschig & Cie. (1929), plate no. M.E. 2320. Dedication: "To Denis Breen". |
| Chamber | 52 | 1921 | Petit trio celtique | violin, viola and cello | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 2002 D. Dedication: "à mon ami Paul Le Flem". |
| Piano | 53 | 1924 | Sonatine celtique | piano | Published London: Evans & Co., plate no. S. & Co. 41; second edition as part of the Album celtique Paris: Max Eschig & Cie. (1929), plate no. M.E. 2321. Dedication: "à Lucien Haudebert". |
| Chamber | 54 | 1921 | Trio | 2 clarinets and bassoon | Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 2001 D. Dedication: "à mon ami Paul Ladmirault". |
| Piano | 55 | 1924 | Épigrammes d'un solitaire | piano | Published London: Evans & Co., plate no. S. & Co. 40; second edition Paris: Max Eschig & Cie. (1929), plate no. M.E. 2322. Dedication: "à Michael Kavanagh". |
| Vocal | 56 | 1925, 1932 | Trois Mélodies | low voice and piano | 1. Words by Charles Baudelaire 2. words by Albert Samain 3. words by Jean Ajalbert Publication(s): 1. Paris: Éditions Max Eschig (1932), plate no. M.E. 3692; 2. Paris: Max Eschig & Cie. (1925), plate no. M.E. 1564; 3. Paris: Éditions Max Eschig (1932), plate no. M.E. 3693. Dedications: 1. "à Jean Suscinio"; 2. "à Charles Hubbard"; 3. "à Marcelle Gerar". |
| Piano | 57 | 1924 | Trois Pièces exotiques | piano | Published Paris: E. Demets, plate no. E. 2070 D. |
| Chamber | 58 | 1924 | Variations sur un thème de six notes (H.B., E.B., C.H.) | flute, violin, viola and cello | Published Paris: Max Eschig & Cie., plate no. M.E. 1315. |
| Chamber | 59 | 1925 | Quatre Pièces celtiques | English horn, violin, viola and cello | Published Paris: Max Eschig & Cie., plate no. M.E. 1430. Dedication: "à M. Paul Brun". |
| Piano | 60 | 1924 | Étude de concert | piano | Published Paris: Max Eschig & Cie., plate no. M.E. 1262. Dedication: "à Mademoiselle Rachel Blanquer". |
| Chamber | 61 | 1926 | Troisième quatuor [String Quartet No. 3] | 2 violins, viola and cello | Published Paris: Max Eschig & Cie., plate no. M.E. 1719. Dedications for the four movements: 1. "à Emile Loiseau"; 2. "à Adrien Fourment"; 3. "à Robert Chantôme"; 4. "à Robert Ladoux". |
| Chamber | 62 | 1924 | Sonatine celtique | viola (or violin) and piano | "Sonate celtique" on title page, "Sonatine celtique" (= correct) on first page. Published Paris: Max Eschig & Cie., plate no. M.E. 1425. Dedication: "à Robert Chantôme". |
| Chamber | 63 | 1925 | Rapsodie gaélique | cello and piano | Published Paris: Max Eschig & Cie., plate no. M.E. 1447. Dedication: "à Francis Touche". |
| Piano | 64 | 1926 | Douze Canons à deux voix à tous les intervalles | piano | Published Paris: Max Eschig & Cie., plate no. M.E. 1563. Dedication: "à ma femme". |
| Chamber | 65 | 1925 | Sérénade | 2 violins, viola and cello | Published Paris: Max Eschig & Cie., plate no. M.E. 1525. Dedication: "à Emile Loiseau". |
| Vocal | 66 | 1925 | Trois Mélodies sur des poésies d'André Delacour et de Leconte de Lisle | voice and piano | 1. & 2. words by André Delacour 3. words by Leconte de Lisle Published Paris: Max Eschig & Cie., plate no. M.E. 1631. Dedication: "à Mademoiselle Marthe Saisset". |
| Piano | 67 | (1924) | Rapsodie irlandaise | piano | Published Paris: Max Eschig & Cie., plate no. M.E. 2264 (as part of the Album celtique, 1929). Dedication: "à mon fils Patrice". |
| Chamber | 68 | 1926 | Deux Morceaux | alto saxophone and piano | Published Paris: Max Eschig & Cie., plate no. M.E. 1637. Dedication: "à M. René Laurent". |
| Piano | 69 | 1926–1929 | Banlieues, Six Petites pièces |